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Healthy community design is planning and designing communities that make it easier for people to live healthy lives. [1] Healthy community design offers important benefits: [ citation needed ] Decreases dependence on the automobile by building homes, businesses, schools, churches and parks closer to each other so that people can more easily ...
Healthy building refers to an emerging area of interest that supports the physical, psychological, and social health and well-being of people in buildings and the built environment. [1] Buildings can be key promoters of health and well-being since most people spend a majority of their time indoors. [ 2 ]
Michigan schools can apply for “Building Healthy Communities," a school health program supporting physical and mental health of students and staff.
The Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) is a cooperative international alliance aimed at protecting and enhancing the health and health care of city dwellers. It is composed of groups of cities, urban districts and other organizations from countries around the world in exchanging information to achieve the goal through a health promotion approach called Healthy Cities.
8 Healthy Habits to Start Building 1. Eating a Balanced, Nutritious Diet. Perhaps unsurprisingly, healthy eating habits are instrumental, and those who eat healthier ingredients and quantities are ...
The AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project is an initiative aimed at improving well-being that began in January 2009 when the city of Albert Lea, Minnesota, launched the initiative with assistance from the United Health Foundation and led by Dan Buettner, author of "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest."
Healthy city is a term used in public health and urban design to stress the impact of policy on human health. It is a municipality that continually improves on a physical and a social level until environmental and pathological conditions are reached establishing an acceptable morbidity rate for the population. [ 1 ]
The Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit was released during Leadership for Healthy Communities' 2009 Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C. The toolkit is a collection of policy options and resources designed to help state and local policy-makers prevent childhood obesity by developing healthier ...